Home Video Game Industry From JIAN QU To Dr. Scott Kiker Date 6/23/2013 1. Why the rapid growth of Atari? Why the 1982-85 collapse? How did Nintendo rebuild the industry? What was its strategy? The reason of rapid growth is the Atari’s products are highly differentiation. Atari is the first company enters the market‚ although some companies enter the market later‚ but Atari already build the reputation of highest technology support and the popular games provider to the customers. In the
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BODY Games in the past were viewed in the light of fun and leisure‚ but now it is slowly being recognized as a tool for learning where students are being engaged and immersed on the subject being learned (Annetta‚ 2008‚ p 229). This explains the steady application of video games in aiding different teaching approaches and experimenting with its use. According to Garris et. al (2002‚ p 441) there are several reasons for the popularity of video games as an educational tool; first‚ is that its use
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Video games are notorious for having a number of negative effects on an individual and have built the reputation for being unhealthy‚ but Jane McGonigal hopes to break that stigma; Jane believes that video games can actually save the world. I appreciate her optimism and enthusiasm‚ but there are many flaws to what she is saying. For one‚ she states that we should increase the number of hours that we spend playing video games; she claims that video this will bring out the best in them. If so‚ why
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The Impact of Video Games on Children Video games have been available to consumers for the last 30 years. They are a unique form of entertainment‚ because they encourage players to become a part of the game’s script. Today’s sophisticated video games require players to pay constant attention to the game‚ rather than passively watching a movie. This has both positive and negative impacts on players. Several studies have been published that explore these impacts on today’s children. Most people
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Home Video Game Industry In 1972 founders Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney scrounged $50‚000 from family‚ friends and local banks‚ formed their own company. They hired Alan Alcorn who created Pong and put a sample unit in Andy Capp’s Tavern in suburban Sunnyvale to see if anyone would play it. Twenty-four hours later‚ the owner called Bushnell in a rage and demanded that he get over to the bar with his tool kit as soon as possible--the prototype game had broken down because it was being flooded with
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John Madden and his Video Game John Madden once said‚ “Discipline is knowing what you’re supposed to do and doing it as best you can... On third down and short yardage‚ the Raiders don’t jump offside. That’s discipline - not a coat and tie‚ not a clean shave.” John Madden was a football player in the NFL. He was drafted in 1958‚ by the Philadelphia Eagles‚ but an injury in his first season ended his career. Later he became the Oakland Raiders Linebackers Coach. After two seasons‚ he was selected
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Glick Topic: Video games in America Specific Purpose: To inform my COM121 class on how video games are part of peoples lives. Central Idea: Focusing on how games are incorperated in peoples lives by viewing the time spent playing‚ relationships through video games‚ how video games are for all people‚ and the social aspect that is incorperated in the video games. Introduction Attention-getter: 59% of americans play video games‚ there are two gamers in each household in
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2014 Video Games Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about video games. Thesis: Video games have changed throughout the years and now has become a major part in our society. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Video games are used by everyone scientist‚ military‚ and of course the casual players. B. Credibility Statement: 1. Video games play a major role in my life‚ I don’t remember a day without playing at least one hour a day. 2. I spend at least a third of my day playing video games
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GBA 687 Hong-Chin Chen Competition in Video Game Consoles: The State of the Battle for Supremacy in 2008 1. What are the strategy-shaping business and economic characteristics of the console segment of the video game industry? What is the industry like? 1-1 Segmentation: The industry was segmented into console hardware‚ console software (both sales and rentals)‚ handheld hardware‚ handheld software (both sales and rentals)‚ PC software (both sales and rentals)‚ broadband‚ interactive
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Johnson Professor Harrison Composition II 2 October 2012 Effect of Video Games on Kids Growing up‚ playing outside was what I did for fun. Whether it was riding my bike‚ playing with friends‚ or swimming‚ I was outside for hours at a time every day. Today‚ kids have access to things like Xboxes‚ Playstations‚ and Nintendo DS. In a study conducted by Gentile‚ Lynch‚ Linder & Walsh (2004) "adolescent girls played video games for an average of 5 hours a week‚ whereas boys averaged 13 hours a week
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